Following is a list of the 25 world

records set in swimming at the 2008 Olympic Games:

Men:

Event Person/Team Time Date

400m Medley Michael Phelps (United States) 4:03.84 Min 10.08.2008

4x100m Freestyle United States 3:12.23 Min 10.08.2008

100m Breaststroke Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) 58.91 Sec 11.08.2008

100m Freestyle Eamon Sullivan (Australia) 47.24 Sec 11.08.2008

4x100m Freestyle United States 3:08.24 Min 11.08.2008

200m Freestyle Michael Phelps (United States) 1:42.96 Min 12.08.2008

100m Backstroke Aaron Peirsol (United States) 52.54 Sec 12.08.2008

100m Freestyle Alain Bernard (France) 47.20 Sec 13.08.2008

100m Freestyle Eamon Sullivan (Australia) 47.05 Sec 13.08.2008

200m Butterfly Michael Phelps (United States) 1:52.03 Min 13.08.2008

4x200m Freestyle United States 6:58.56 Min 13.08.2008

200m Backstroke Ryan Lochte (United States) 1:53.94 Min 15.08.2008

200m Medley Michael Phelps (United States) 1:54.23 Min 15.08.2008

4x100m Medley United States 3:29.34 Min 17.08.2008


Women:

400m Medley Stephanie Rice (Australia) 4:29.45 Min 10.08.2008

100m Backstroke Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) 58.77 Sec 11.08.2008

200m Freestyle Federica Pellegrini (Italy) 1:55.45 Min 11.08.2008

200m Freestyle Federica Pellegrini (Italy) 1:54.82 Min 13.08.2008

200m Medley Stephanie Rice (Australia) 2:08.45 Min 13.08.2008

200m Butterfly Zige Liu (China) 2:04.18 Min 14.08.2008

4x200m Freestyle Australia 7:44.31 Min 14.08.2008

200m Breaststroke Rebecca Soni (United States)2:20.22 Min 15.08.2008

200m Backstroke Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) 2:05.24 Min 16.08.2008

800m Freestyle Rebecca Adlington (Britain) 8:14.10 Min 16.08.2008

4x100m Medley Australia 3:52.69 Min 17.08.2008

Source: Xinhua